{"id":12246,"date":"2026-07-12T00:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=12246"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:43:54","slug":"17-12-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/17-12-16\/","title":{"rendered":"16. Priestly Gifts from Livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Regarding <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em>, the first shearing of one\u2019s sheep, the Tanna\u2019im disagree whether the mitzva applies outside Eretz Yisrael. In practice, the halakha follows the view that one gives <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> only in the Land, just as one separates <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> only in the Land (<em>\u1e24ullin<\/em> 136b; SA, YD 333:1). Regarding <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> in Eretz Yisrael today, authorities disagree whether one must give it by Torah law or only by rabbinic enactment, as with <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>. <sup><a id=\"_te01ftnref12_18\" class=\"aup1\" href=\"#_te01ftn12_18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Regarding the foreleg, cheeks, and maw, according to all authorities, in areas under Jewish sovereignty these gifts must be given by Torah law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Outside the Land, however, authorities disagree. Many authorities maintain that the foreleg, cheeks, and maw follow the same model as <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> and <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>: since those mitzvot do not apply outside the Land, these gifts are not given there either (Rashi, Tosafot, <em>Ha-ma\u2019or<\/em>, Rashba). Others maintain that only <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em>, which was compared to <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>, does not apply outside the Land. The foreleg, cheeks, and maw, however, come from an animal and not from the soil, and therefore the mitzvot associated with them apply outside the Land as well (Rambam, MT, Laws of First Fruits 9:1). In practice, the custom outside the Land is not to give these gifts to a kohen, though some meticulous individuals made a point of doing so (SA, YD 61:21). <sup><a id=\"_te01ftnref12_19\" class=\"aup1\" href=\"#_te01ftn12_19\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr style=\"direction: ltr\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\"><a id=\"_te01ftn12_18\" href=\"#_te01ftnref12_18\">[18]<\/a>. As we learned in section 11, Rashi, Raavad, and <em>Kaftor Va-fera\u1e25<\/em> maintain that the second sanctification was never nullified; therefore, even after the destruction one must separate <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> by Torah law. According to Rashba, Ritva, Ran, and <em>Sefer ha-Teruma<\/em>, however, the second sanctification was nullified with the destruction, and from then on one was obligated to separate <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> only rabbinically. As explained below in note 20, even according to this view, the establishment of the State of Israel restored the sanctity needed for <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> to apply by Torah law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">According to Rambam and <em>Sefer ha-\u1e24inukh<\/em>, the second sanctification remained in force even during the period of destruction. Still, <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> become Torah obligations only when the majority of the Jewish people are in the Land. In practice, this is the position accepted among the A\u1e25aronim. With respect to <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em>, however, Rambam and <em>Sefer ha-\u1e24inukh<\/em> appear to disagree. According to Rambam, the obligation today is rabbinic, like <em>teruma<\/em> (Mahari Kurkus to MT, Laws of First Fruits 10:1; <em>Peri Megadim<\/em>; <em>Min\u1e25at \u1e24inukh<\/em> 506). From <em>Sefer ha-\u1e24inukh<\/em>, by contrast, it appears that one must give <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> today by Torah law, because <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> was compared to <em>teruma<\/em> only with regard to its exemption outside the Land (<em>Min\u1e25at \u1e24inukh<\/em> 508).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\"><a id=\"_te01ftn12_19\" href=\"#_te01ftnref12_19\">[19]<\/a>. As we learned regarding <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em>, according to all those who maintain that its law depends on the sanctity of the Land, it applies by Torah law within the territory of the State of Israel. Only according to Rambam is <em>reishit ha-gez<\/em> rabbinic in the Land today, since he compares it to <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>, whose Torah obligation depends on the majority of Israel living in the Land. Rambam himself, however, maintains that the mitzva of the foreleg, cheeks, and maw applies by Torah law throughout the world and at all times. It follows that according to all opinions, the mitzva of the foreleg, cheeks, and maw applies by Torah law in the Land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regarding reishit ha-gez, the first shearing of one\u2019s sheep, the Tanna\u2019im disagree whether the mitzva applies outside Eretz Yisrael. 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